In many regional countries there are civil society organisations attempting to fill the protection gap for refugees through service provision, advocacy, or both.

Last year’s election of federal independent MP Cathy McGowan as a result of Voices 4 Indi’s kitchen table campaign was a spectacular demonstration of the potential power of this model of community engagement.
Voices4Indi/FacebookAugust 25, 2014

Grassroots common sense and decency lie at the heart of two growing movements to reassert the voice of the people in the management of our local and national affairs. Kitchen table conversations and community…

The Sydney Alliance’s founding assembly in 2011 filled the Town Hall with people eager to put community back into politics.
Kurt Iveson/citiesandcitizenship.blogspot.com.auAugust 25, 2014

In the wake of the Second World War, Karl Polanyi wrote that the public arena is made up of three interconnected sectors: the market, government and civil society. He argued that democracy thrives when…

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Incoming Associate Professor at LaTrobe University. Former Lecturer, Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences; Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne